Bag-fastening



Patented Nov. I, I898.

C. LE DUC.

BAG FASTENING.

(Applipabion filed May 26, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONSTANT LE DUO, OF SOUTH PARK, NEWV JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,580, dated November 1, 1898. Application filed May 26, 1898. Serial No. 681,803. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONSTANT LE Duo, of South Park, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

My invention relates to an improvement in bag-fastenings designed particularly for use in connection with mail-bags, but applicable to fastening bags or similar articles designed for any purpose.

My invention consists of the novel features hereinafter shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag having my fastening device attached thereto, the bag being open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same on the line 2 2 of Fig.

1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the bag closed. Fig. at is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3, showing the bag closed. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3, the parts being in difierent positions than as shown in Fig. at.

One of the objects sought to be secured by my invention is to provide a means for closing and locking bagswhich may be quickly operated and which will close them so that it will be impossible to extract any of the contents of the bag. The body of the bag proper may be of any suitable construction. The back B of the bag is extended beyond the opening at the end, forming a flap 1), to which .is secured a bar A, of any suitable stiffening material, but preferably of metal. The bar A and the flap 19, secured thereto, are provided with slots a and a, the center slot at extending longitudinally of the bag, while the other slots at extend transversely of the bag.

WVithin the open end of the bagis a series of staples O and O, secured to'the bag B and so placed as to enter the slots at and a in the bar A and flap 1) when the same are folded over upon the face of the bag. The front side of the bag is similarly provided with slots a and a adapted to embrace the staples O and O. Secured to the front F of the bag, a short distance beneath the openend thereof, is a second flap D, which has a bar E, of metal or some other rigid material, secured thereto. This bar has a hinge G secured to the center thereof and provided with a slot adapted to embrace the central staple 0. It is also provided with arms or pins e, projecting from the outer edge thereof and adapted to enter the staples C. When the bar A has been folded over the end of the bag and placed upon the staples, the bar E is slid-toward the bar A,

causing the pins eto enter the staples O. The

hinge G is then swung over the staple O and the whole secured in place by placing a padlock of any kind through-the projecting portion of the staple O. The bag is then securely locked and it is impossible to extract any of the contents thereof.

The construction of the device is also such that the locking may be very quickly done, and considerable time is thus saved over many of the present methods of securing bags of this sort.

' The device is cheap in construction, rapid in its use, and securely locks the bag, thus saving first cost, time in handling, and atstaples, a flap connecting with the side having the staples, a bar attached thereto and provided with slots adapted to register with the staples when folded over the end of the bag, a bar provided with means for engaging said staples to lock the two sides together, and a lock for securing the two sides in place, substantially as described.

2. A bag, havingstaples secured to its rear side below its ends and projecting inwardly, the opposite or front side of the bag having slots adapted to receive said staples, a fiap secured to the upper end of the rear side and adapted to fold over the bag end, a bar or plate secured to said flap, both having slots therein adapted to pass over the staples, a second flap secured to the front side of the bag beneath the staples, a bar secured to said flap and having a hasp or slotted hinge secured to it and adapted to engage one of the staples and also side projecting arms or pins adapted to enter the other staples, and a lock adapted to secure the hasp or hinge upon its staples.

3. A bag-fastening, comprising two flaps, one secured to one side edge of the bag-opening and the other to the other side of the bag beneath said opening, bars fastened to each flap, one bar having staple-receiving openings therein and the other having edge projecting pins or arms adapted to enter the staples, staples secured to the bag and adapted to enter the slots in one of the bars and to receive the pins or arms on the other, and a lock for securing the two bars together, substan tially as described.

4. A bag-fastening, comprising two flaps, one secured to one side edge of the ba -openin g and the other to the other side of the bag 2 beneath said opening, bars fastened to each flap, the bar fastened to the end flap having stap1e-receiving slots therein and the other bar having attached thereto a slotted hinge,

a hasp and edge projecting pins or arms at 3 either side of said hinge, staples secured to the bag and adapted to enter the slots in one of said bars and to be engaged by the pins and hinge of the other bar, and a lock for securing the hinge in place, substantially as 3 described.

CONSTANT LE DUC. Witnesses:

W. I1. I10 WARD, M. LE Duo. 

